Thread: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Win32 release warning
>> Right. So how would you get the email address, without >starting the mail >> reader? > >have them enter one in a text box? > >> We could add a checkbox that takes them to a webpage that permits >> subscription. But they are certainly going to need to put >their email >> address in there in some way... > >Sorry, I didn't mean no email address ... I meant having a >text box on in >pginstaller itself that would auto-mail that out ... Don't think that's going to work. You need th emailserver. In most cases, you need the login for the mailserver. Most companies and nowadays a lot of home ISPs block outbound SMTP unless you go through their authenticated servers. > a link to the >subscribe option(s) at the web site would be perfect too ... That one can work, assuming we have a web form somewhere people can subscribe from. //Magnus
On August 26, 2004 01:06 pm, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >pginstaller itself that would auto-mail that out ... > > Don't think that's going to work. You need th emailserver. In most > cases, you need the login for the mailserver. Most companies and > nowadays a lot of home ISPs block outbound SMTP unless you go through > their authenticated servers. > > > a link to the > >subscribe option(s) at the web site would be perfect too ... > > That one can work, assuming we have a web form somewhere people can > subscribe from. > > //Magnus Have the installer automagiclay http-post the required info (that they filled in) ? -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Magnus Hagander wrote: >>> Right. So how would you get the email address, without >> starting the mail >>> reader? >> >> have them enter one in a text box? >> >>> We could add a checkbox that takes them to a webpage that permits >>> subscription. But they are certainly going to need to put >> their email >>> address in there in some way... >> >> Sorry, I didn't mean no email address ... I meant having a >> text box on in >> pginstaller itself that would auto-mail that out ... > > Don't think that's going to work. You need th emailserver. In most > cases, you need the login for the mailserver. Most companies and > nowadays a lot of home ISPs block outbound SMTP unless you go through > their authenticated servers. > >> a link to the >> subscribe option(s) at the web site would be perfect too ... > > That one can work, assuming we have a web form somewhere people can > subscribe from. Yup, that is easy to do ... you just go to the mj_wwwuser form with the right args to tellit what mailing list ... you can easy tell i twhat userid if you can get that somehow from the OS ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664